Sanitary water-closet seat.



F. J. GRAVES.

SANITARY WATER CLOSET SEAT.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. a, 1913.

1 97,015, Patented May 19, 1914.

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FRANK J. GRAVES, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

SANITARY WATER-CLOSET SEAT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 19, 1914.

Application filed March 6, 1913. Serial No. 752,505.

To all whom it may conccrh v Be it known that, I, FRANK J. GRAVES, citizen of the United States, residing at Springfield, in the county of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sanitary ater-Closet Seats, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in sanitary toilet seats.

The primary object of the invention is to provide means for supporting a pad of paper on the seat which will permit the supply of paper to be readily renewed, and while holding the paper on the seat where it may be removed, one sheet at a time, will be so positioned that it; will be below the face of the seat.

A further object of the invention is to provide a construction which while effectually supporting the pad of paper will permit the ready removal of the sheets.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a side-elevation. Fig. 2 is a sectional view; Fig.3 is aplan view. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective View of the paper holding device.

In the drawing, 10 designates the hopper which is of the usual construction and which is provided with an extension 11 on which the seat is hingedly supported.

WVhile the construction is illustrated as used .with a particular form. of seat, attention is called to the fact that it may be used as effectually with any form of seat, and the toilet seats now in use may be equipped with pads of paper and thus rendered sanitary.

The form of seat illustrated comprises substantially semi-circular sections 12 which are supported on the hinge member 13, the hinge member being connected to a supporting plate 14 arranged on the portion 11 of the hopper. A pad of paper 15 of the same curvature as the seat sections is arranged on each of said sections. This pad preferably consists of layers of medicated paper 16, the terminal 17 of the pad being passed over the edge 18 of the seat section. Arranged on the under face of each of the seat sections is a plate 19 formed with a plurality of prongs 20, the prongs 20 extending within the seat. The late is p ovided with a centrally dispose aperture 21 through whicha screw 22 passes. A sliding plate 23 is supported to reciprocate between the plate 19 and the face 24 of the seat sect-ion. This sliding plate 23 is slotted as at 25, the seat screw passing movement of the plate.

other edge of the seat section and enters an opening 28 formed in the end of the seat section.

It will be noted that the pad of paper may be placed upon the seat section and its edge portion bent to embrace the end of the section. The pad is placed on the seat section with the plate 23 assembled as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2. The plate 23 is then forced toward the end of the seat section until the prong 27 penetrates the edge of the pad and enters the opening 28 formed in the seat section. After the face 29 of the extension 26 engages the pad of paper, the screw 22 is tightened and the plate held against movement. In the form of seat illustrated, the sections are provided with extensions 30 and each of these extensions is provided with pad engaging means, the same as that arranged at the terminal of the seat section. Thus, the pad is supported adjacent both of its ends and is eifectually held against displacement.

lVhen the entire supply of paper has become exhausted the plate is drawn away from the end of the seat section, the screw being sufficiently loose to allow for this of the pad, which may have been retained on the prong 27 are then removed and a new pad is applied to the seat, the new pad being clamped to the seat in the manner above described. A

The many advantages of a construction of this character will be clearly apparent, as it will be noted that the pad is effectually held against displacement and that the means for holding the pad is not disposed across the face of the pad, the uppermost sheet of paper being unobstructed.

While the construction provides an effective siipporting means for the pad, it will be noted that each sheet may be easily removed .from the prong 27, the pron being of comparatively small diameter, a lowing the sheet to be readily torn therefrom.

The end portions Attention is called to the fact that the structure may be readily attached to closet seats such as are now in use and the closet seat converted into a sanitary seat. This may be accomplished by attaching the pad to the curved face of the seat, or the seat reversed and the pad attached to its other face which is formed with a square edge.

It will be seen that various changes may be made in the construction of the attaching means in order that it. may be secured to seats of difierent design, and that the present invention is not limited to the exact structure illustrated.

The pad attaching devices are so constructed that they may be easily positioned upon the base of circular seats, as well as the typ'e'f seat illustrated," it being noted that the seat is not marred or injured by positioning the device on the same. It will also be seen that as the device does not extend above or overlie the sheets, the person of the user cannot contact with the same.

It will further be noted that the construction is such that the same may be easily and economically manufactured, and that the parts may be readily assembled.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new is:

1. A paper supporting means for. toilet seats comprising a plate formed with prongs, and arranged on the under face of the seat, the body portion of said plate being spaced from the seat, a second plate formed with an elongated slot, a screw passing through the first mentioned plate and disposed within the elongated slot of the second late, saidsecond plate being provided with an extension bent at right angles to its body portion, and a prong carried by said extension and disposed to engage a pad of paper and maintain the same on the seat.

2. The combination with a toilet seat, of a pad of paper supported on the seat with its edge portion embracing the edge of the seat, and a member slidably mounted on the seat and provided with an extension adapted to pierce throughthe edge portions of the sheets making up the pad where they overlie the edge of the seat.

3. The combination with a toilet seat formed with a recess in its edge, of a pad of paper supported on the seat with its edge embracing the edge of the seat, and a securing member slidably mounted on the lower face of the seat, said securing member including a prong adapted to pierce the pad where it overlies the edge of the seat and to extend within the recess of the seat.

4. The combination with a toilet seat having a recess formed therein, of apad supported on the seat and extending at one end over the recess, and means for securing the pad saidmeans including a; keeper secured to the lower face of the seat, a plate mounted for sliding movement in the keeper, and a piercing prong carried by the plate adapted to pass through the pad and into the recess of the seat.

5. The combination with a seat, of a pad supported on the seat, and a pad securing means including a plate having laterally directed prongs for engagement in the seat, a

second plate slidable between the prongs and provided with a longitudinal slot, a fas-.

tening passed through the first plate and the slot of the second plate, and a pad engaging prong carried by the second plate.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK J. GRAVES. [n s.] Witnesses:

CHARLES H. BARRoWs,

ERNEs'riNn H. ARNOLD. 

